Mic 29 Emotional Support
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Mic 29 Emotional Support

On Instagram DMs, Inflatable Dinosaurs, and Accidentally Becoming the French Bulldog of Cleveland Comedy

Honestly, what the actual F-word is wrong with me? 

I mean I am out here doing this comedy thing. I am at bars with other comedians standing up and telling jokes. I am writing a blog, making social posts, and being part of the scene and yet I feel so far behind. 

For the record, I was never an awkward teenage girl.


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Mic 25 Mrs. Hayes and the Vape Maverick  
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Mic 25 Mrs. Hayes and the Vape Maverick  

On Being the Substitute Teacher Energy in a Room Full of Unresolved Authority Issues

When I used to push A4 I got the Marlboro Man. Now I get the Vape Maverick. More human shield than body guard.

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Mic 23 & 24 UNPREPARED
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Mic 23 & 24 UNPREPARED

What Happens When You Walk Up With Nothing and Trust the Room

My husband sleeps 13" from the side of the bed. I know because I measured it with a yardstick while he was sleeping. A queen bed is 18" narrower than a king. Do the math — he feels romantic, he can knock me off the bed. We have a twin, a queen and a king in the house. So we've been sleeping around — like Goldilocks, if Goldilocks had a yardstick and trust issues.

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Mic 2

Walking Into a Room Where Everyone Already Knows Each Other (Except You)

Other comedians from my class had goaded me into coming. They had been before and seemed to know people, too. I can honestly say I have never felt like an outsider anywhere, anytime, in my whole life. There were cliques here. I spotted them immediately. And I was not part of any of them. I have never not been part of them.


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